Opening PDF Files in Bash Shell on Macs

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hoffmann

how do i open a PDF file in the bash shell on a mac?

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D H

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Code:

open -a /Applications/Preview.app path/to/file.pdf

shoehorn

D H said:

Actually, it should be simpler than that. On mine (Leopard), the following does the trick:

Code:

open path/to/file.pdf

hoffmann

thanks guys -- i actually had to use port forwarding since the file was located on another computer cluster.